Drawer guide



March 29, 1927. w. CONWELL ET A DRAWER GUIDE I Filed June 2. 1925 (Z\ I 7 WW Patented Mar. 29, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM CONWELL AND CLARENCE MAHONEY, OF ELWOOD, INDIANA, ASSIGNORS T0 G. I. SELLERS & SONS COMPANY, OF ELWOOD, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF IN- DIANA.

DRAWER GUIDE.

This invention relates to a guide and support for a sliding drawer and is particularly designed and intended to be attached at the upper rear edge of such a drawer to facilitate its sliding movement into and out of the receptacle. The principal object of the invention is to provide an adjustable sliding support of this kind which will permit of a considerable variation of the supporting rail, and therefore will notrequire the exact placing of the guide at the rear of the drawer. Other objects will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 is a sectional view of the drawer equipped with a guide constructed in accordance with the principles of this invention; Fig. 2 is a cross section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an end view of the guide member proper; Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the guide proper; and Fig. 5 is a perspective of this guide member.

Many of the drawer guides now in use comprise a plate or some supporting member attached at the top or bottom of the rear side of the drawer where they engage a guide rail either above or below the drawer. With this construction it is necessary either that the guide and guide rail be very accurately placed in position or that the drawer fit very loosely in its container. The least bit of variation of the guide or the guide rail will throw the drawer to one side making it bind against the side of the support. The present invention overcomes these difficulties by providing a guide and support which is transversely slidable at the upper rear edge of the drawer engaging a fixed guide rail, and with sufiicient variation provided for so that even though the guide rail is not placed accurately in position the guide Wlll function properly and will support the drawer for free sliding movement without danger of binding against the sides of the drawer.

In carrying out this invention a drawer 1 is mounted in a container 2 and above the drawer is a guide rail 3 suitably supported in the container. This rail 'is properly formed with guide slots 4 in opposite edges and the upper edge of the back 5 of the drawer is formed with a notch 6 somewhat wider than the guide 3 so that the drawer 1923. Serial No. 642,901.

can be moved laterally a considerable distance in either direction without the guide rail engaging the sides of the notch 6. Then in case the guide rail is not placed in line with the center of the notch a lateral movement will be permitted without binding against the edges of the notch. Below the notch 6 the upper edge of the drawer back 5 is formed with grooves 7 on both sides thereof and extending to at least one end of the drawer back.

The supporting guide comprises a bent metal member 8 with sides 9 extending down from the top, the lower ends 10 of which are bent inwardly to engage in the grooves 7 at the upper end of the back 5 thereby embracing the upper edge of the back above these grooves and being freely slidable endwise of the back and transversely of the drawer. In each side 9 is a notch 10 sulficient in size to permit the guide rail 3 to slide freely therein, and extending inwardly at the top of the member 8' are ears 11 the tips 12 of which are bent upwardly, the ears being adapted to engage in the opposite grooves 4 of the guide rail 3 and the tips 12 being turned upwardly so that'as the drawer is moved in and out the extremities of the cars 11 will not gouge or wear out the guide rail. Then too by having the tips 12 turned upwardly the memher 8 slides more smoothly on the guide rail with less friction.

The guide member 8 is applied to the back of the drawer before the drawer is completely assembled and as it is slidable freely thereon it is necessary only to move it over the notch 6 engaging the ears 11 with the notches 4 of the guide rail when the drawer is placed in position on the container.

With this construction it is not necessary that the guide rail be placed in the exact center of the drawer, and it may also vary in its distance from the side of the container at its opposite ends. to the limit of the variation provided by the notch 6, without in any way affecting the sliding act-ion of the drawer. Any variation in the position or inclination of the guide rail from front to rear will be taken care of by the transversely sliding guide member 8. It is obvious that other variations of this construction may be adopted without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

e claim:

1. In a drawer guide, the combination with a supporting bar having longitudinal side grooves, of a drawer notched at the rear side with transverse grooves below the notch, and a member loosely slidable transversely of the drawer and engaging the grooves, said member having an opening to embrace the supporting bar in the notch of the drawer and having inward projections slidably to engage the side grooves of the bar.

2. The combination with a slidable drawer having a notch in the upper edge of its rear side and opposite grooves extending transversely of the drawer below the notch, of a bent metal member with inwardly turned edges to engage in the said grooves and slidable transversely along the rear side of the drawer with an opening to correspond with the notch in the edge of the drawer, and with inwardly turned cars at the upper opposite edges of the member, and a fixed supporting bar with opposite side grooves adapted to be seated in the notch of the drawer side with the ears of the said member engaging the opposite grooves of the supporting bar.

3. The combination with a drawer and a supporting guide therefor extending in the direction of movement of the drawer, the guide and the rear side of the drawer being at right angles to each other and having opposite grooves in their edges, and a guide member therefor having inwardly turned edges at opposite sides thereof adapted to engage in the grooves of the drawer side and the guide for free sliding movement thereon.

WILLIAM CON'WELL. CLARENCE MAHONEY. 

